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When selling sex is deadly

By Corinne Purtill, GlobalPost

Posted:
09/04/2013 08:03:09 AM PDT

Updated:
09/04/2013 09:09:21 AM PDT

Sex workers are far more likely to be victims of crime. They're also more likely to keep silent about it. GlobalPost looks at the changing nature of sex work in Britain in the fourth of a four-part series.

When selling sex is deadly

A prostitute in Suffolk, in eastern England, which was gripped by a serial killer scare in 2006 after the death of five women. Sex workers are many times more likely to be targeted by criminals. (Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images)LONDON, UK - For all the sex industry's diversity, at least one fact unites sex workers who are male or female, gay or straight, and those who work on the street or inside apartments.They're far more liable than most to become victims ...